we've arrived in iceland!

after a year-long hiatus, i have decided to resurrect the blog so i can chronicle our trip to iceland!

i still can't believe that we are actually here. the trip was incredibly easy. we left from boston last night around 8.30. the flight was uneventful, although a bit turbulent. i managed to sleep for most of the five hour flight, so when we arrived in reykjavik this morning at 6.30am, i felt pretty refreshed.

reykjavik airport is the cutest airport i have ever seen! it is tiny, but has wonderful scandinavian design. it has been voted the best international airport in europe and i can see why. it was very organized!

this is our rental car:

it's a suzuki swift and it drives surprisingly well! the drive from the airport to reykjavik is about 40min, but iceland is so small, that there is only one road that leads there. they say here that all roads lead to reykjavik and it makes it very easy to get around.

we got to the radisson 1919 at 9am, expecting to have to wait until 2pm to check into our room. but the staff was more than happy to let us check in right then, and, thank god, because we needed some more sleep!

some quick facts about iceland:

• it doesn't get light here until about 10am this time of year!
• the whole country is about the size of kentucky
• only 300,000 people live here, and every native icelander can trace their ancestry back to the vikings
• the PM's phone number is listed in the phone book!

so far, we absolutely love it here!! the only downside is that we have arrived on the coldest day that they have had all year -- today it was about -5C and super windy. but, we have tons of warm clothes so we will be fine AND we can always pick up some beautiful icelandic wool sweaters if we need more warm clothes!